Dear ES/PE community members, find below and benefit from an abundant list of great academic opportunities: 21 calls for papers for conferences (some are partly and fully funded) and special issues, 10 postdoc positions, 4 job openings, 3 PhD scholarships, 2 courses, and an award in economic sociology, political economy, and broadly related fields, with deadlines from December 8 till January 7. Share this post with your colleagues and students. Good luck!
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Calls for Papers — Conferences and Workshops:

— CfP: “Fighting Divisions: Conflict and Power in a Post Globalisation Order”, the 38th meeting of the Society of the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), Bordeaux (France), 1-3 July (onsite) and 22-24 June (online), 2026. DL: December 16.
SASE is the major scholarly and professional global organization of economic sociologists and political economists. SASE meetings are genuine intellectual fetes thanks to the affluence of presented knowledge and a warm, stimulating atmosphere. SASE’s 22 Research Networks, focusing on various socio-political aspects of economies and markets, will run their own sessions, and during the meeting will be also held 21 thematic mini-conferences (for example “The Politics of Price in a World of Polycrisis”, “Power and Conflict in Illegal Markets”. etc). Travel grants are available to individuals (from countries classified as low income, lower-middle income, and upper-middle income) presenting on-site.
— SASE Early Career Workshop, 29-30 June, 2026. Travel and accommodations costs, as well as SASE registration and membership, are paid for participants. DL: December 16.

— CfP: The 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne (Germany), March 19–20, 2026. DL: December 8

— CfP: “Reimagining Governance” conference, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel), May 5-8 2026. Financial support might be provided to selected participants based on the quality of their work, suitability, and financial needs. DL: December 9

— CfP: “Market Research in the Making“workshop, Sciences Po (Paris, France), 16 July 2026. DL: December 15

— CfP: “The Roads Not Taken: Exploring New Frontiers in Business and Society“, the 37th International Association for Business & Society Annual Conference, Providence, Rhode Island (USA), June 4 to 7, 2026. DL: December 15

— CfP: “The experience of illegality: Bodies, identities, moralities” workshop, Institute of Sociology, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), April 1 & 2, 2026. There is no registration fee; meals will be covered. Partial grants for travel and accommodation can be provided to a small number of participants. DL: December 15

— CfP: “Government Ownership for Sustainability and Strategic Autonomy” international workshop, Utrecht University (the Netherlands), June 25-26, 2026. Attendance will be free of charge. A special issue proposal will be developed. DL: December 15

— CfP: “At the Margins of Business: Edges, Wastelands, Borders, Innovation“, the 3rd International Congress on Business History in France, Université Paris Dauphine (France), 23 – 26 June 2026. DL: December 15

— CfP: “Degrowth and the Politics of Space: Tools for Thought and Action” conference, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 21-23 October 2026. An edited volume is planned. Extended DL: 15 December

— CfP: “Failure as Governance in the Post-Socialist Contexts” interdisciplinary workshop, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University (Sweden), 13-14 August 2026. A special issue is planned. DL: 19 December

— CfP: “Domestic Work, the Care Economy and Social Protection Across the South Asia–GCC Migration Corridor“, The ILO STREAM Programme Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers, South Asia Learning Hub on Decent Work and the Care Economy, Colombo (Sri Lanka), 27 Match 2026. Researchers of selected papers will receive grants, including the cost of travel. DL: December 19

— CfP: “Diversity in Development: Colonial Legacies and Varied Paths of Growth“, the  2nd Workshop The Economic and Financial History of Colonialism, the University of Groningen (The Netherlands),  March 20-26, 2026. Following the workshop, the organizers aim to produce a special issue. DL: December 15

— CfP: “Economists under Pressure and the Political Limits to Economics”,  the joint conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought and the History of Economics Society, the Université Côte d’Azur (Nice, France), May 26-29, 2026. Keynoters: Verena Halsmayer, Harro Maas. DL: December 22

— CfP: “Global Connections/Diverse Directions: Building Bridges Across Business Histories“, the 3rd World Congress of Business History, Toronto (Canada),  27-31 July 2026. DL: December 22

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— CfP: “Inequalities and the City: Old Issues, New Challenges” conference, University of Vienna (Austria), 20-22 July 2026. Keynoters: Javier Auyero, Vanesa Castán Broto, Mario L. Small. DL: December 29

— CfP: “From pawn to plastic: A global history of consumer credit“, the European Association for Banking and Financial History conference, Milan (Italy), 12 June 2026. Limited travel costs support is available. DL: December 31

Calls for papers — Journals and Collections:

— CfP: “The Far Right’s Economic Project“, special issue of Emancipations. DL for proposals: December 15

— CfP: “Strange Political Bedfellows“, Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science‘s special issue on how and why political rivals with little common ground cooperate. Successful applicants may be invited to an in-person workshop on 8–9 April 2026 hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance (Berlin, Germany); accommodation and travel expenses will be covered. DL: December 19

— CfP: “The Future of Social and Economic History“, special issue to celebrate 40 Years of Continuity and Change. DL for abstracs: December 20

— CfP: “European Legacies of Socio-Economic Transformation” International Workshop by the Economic Sociology Sections of the German and Polish Sociological Associations, European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), 19-20 March 2026. There will be limited funding to support some presenters. DL: January 6

PhD Fellowships:

— PhD Position on Anti-Money Laundering regulation (the Ph.D. program in International Affairs and Political Economy), University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). DL: December 8

— PhD Studentship on public finance and private investment for a green economic transformation, the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London (UK). DL: December 14

— PhD positions in Rural Entrepreneurship at the University of Aveiro (Portugal). DL: January 6

Postdoctoral positions:

— Postdoctoral position in “Sociology and Blockchain”, the Zug Institute of Blockchain Research, the University of Lucerne (Switzerland). DL: December 10

—  PhD Studentships in Cities Studies (city government innovation, urban governance, etc) available across the Departments of Government, Geography, Management, and Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science (UK). DL: December 10 onwards.

— Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Political Economy, the University of California, Berkeley (USA). DL: December 12

— Postdoctoral Researchers in Economic Sociology and Political Economy, the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG), Köln (Germany). DL: December 15

—  Post doc position to study the financialization of capitalism through a transnational study of debt chains across legal and illegal market, CNRS and l’Université Paris Nanterre (France). DL: December 17

— Postdoctoral position is part of the research programme “Sustainable synergies” on  how social policy and the welfare state can be developed to support a sustainable working life, The Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University (Sweden). DL: December 19

— Postdoctoral Position on Digital Payments and Platforms in Illegal Markets in Latin America, the Research Institute of Sociology, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). DL: December 20

— Polonsky Postdoctoral Fellowship, the Polonsky Academy for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute (Israel). DL: December 20

— Postdoctoral Research position to study friendship network socioeconomic composition prospective associations with social inequalities in health using social network analysis, Aix-Marseille University (Marseille, France). DL: December 21

— Postdoctoral Research Position to work onsocio-economic polarization and fragmentation, including inequality, segregation and discrimination, the AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization, Sciences Po, Paris (France). DL: January 5

Job openings:

— Professor/ Associate Professor/ Assistant Professor in Economic Sociology, Department of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. DL: December 20

— Associate / Assistant Professor in Organisation Studies, Market Dynamics and Strategy, the Department of Technology, Leadership and Economics, Technical University of Denmark. DL: January 1

— Assistant Professor with specializations in economic sociology, the Department of Sociology at Southern Methodist University (Texas, USA). DL: January 2

— Associate Professorship in the Economy and Business of Japan (Applicants could hold a doctorate in Political Economy, Economic Sociology, Management, or Economic History), University of Oxford (UK). DL: January 7

Courses:

— CfA: “Capitalism, Policing, and the Shifting Terrain of Class Struggle” summer seminar at the the Institute for Critical Social Inquiry (ICSI) at The New School for Social Research. Priority for reduced-tuition scholarships will be given to some applicants; applicants who reside more than 125 miles from New York City will be considered for travel/housing stipends. DL: January 1

— CfA: The Institutional Analysis with the Institutional Grammar Training, January 7-30 (Virtual, Asynchronous) and January 28-30, 2026 (Live, Online Sessions). DL: January 6

Award:

— The Nicholas Crafts Early Career Award in Economic and/or Social History, the Economic History Society. DL: December 15

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